Midnight Oil Box Set Releases

Midnight Oil Box Set Releases

As their Great Circle 2017 world tour kicks off in Brazil, Midnight Oil has unveiled all the details about their imminent box set releases.

 

The Vinyl Collection (all their studio LP's and EP's), The Full Tank (all their CD's and music videos) and The Overflow Tank (featuring over 14 hours of previously unreleased and rare material) will all be released on Friday May 12th in Australasia through Sony Music Entertainment Australia. Europe will release all three boxes on May 26^th while the US & Canada will release the Tank sets on Friday May 26^th with Vinyl following on Friday June 9^th. Other territories should check with local retailers for local release dates.

 

People who have pre-ordered any of these collectable items can expect to receive their stock over coming weeks. Further pre-orders can be made here.

 

The full contents of The Overflow Tank can also finally be revealed - putting to end months of conjecture among hardcore Oils fans about what 'unreleased and rare" material would be included. The tank will include 4 CD's and 8 DVD's with songs stretching from 1970's home recordings through unreleased tracks from 10-1 and Blue Sky Mining to cover versions and B sides from the 1990's. Among the DVD contents are an incendiary Oils set from 1981's Tanelorn Festival, a full 1994 stadium concert in South Africa, an MTV Unplugged performance and their iconic mid-80's gig on Sydney's Goat Island.

 

The full The Overflow Tank track listing is as follows:

 

Lasseter's Gold (Unreleased Demos) CD

Schwampy Moose (1972)

21st Century Human (1992) Demo for -Earth and Sun and Moon'.

Red Indian (1992) Demo for -Earth and Sun and Moon'. Original version, the song was re-written and released as -Land'.

Can't See Reason (1990) Demo for -Blue Sky Mining'.

Love Life (1990) Demo for -Blue Sky Mining'.

Heart Is Nowhere (1990) Demo for -Blue Sky Mining'.

Wreckery Road (Midnight Oil version) (1990) Demo for -Blue Sky Mining'. This song had another life on Ghostwriters first album with Rob's vocal.

Farm (1976) Recorded at 77 Albert Ave, Chatswood (the band's share house/early office).

Ghost Of The Roadhouse (1982) Demo for -10-1'.

The Band Played The Last Melody (1990) Demo for -Blue Sky Mining'.

A Sunburnt Sky (1996) Outtake for -Breathe'.  This song had another life under the title -A Love So High' on Jim Moginie's first solo album -Alas Folkloric'.

Doghead (1989) Recorded at same session as -You May Not Be Released.' 

 

Chiko Locallo (B sides & Rarities) CD

Ships Of Freedom (1993) -In the Valley' B side, -Outbreak of Love' B side, -My Country' maxi B side.

(What's So Funny 'Bout) Peace, Love And Understanding (1987) -Put Down that Weapon' B side.

Heaven And Earth (1997) -Cemetery In My Mind' B side.

Cemetery In My Mind [True Believers Blind Version] (1998) -Cemetery in my Mind' B side.

The Real Thing (2000) 

The Last Of The Diggers (2000)

Spirit Of The Age (2000)

You May Not Be Released (1987-8 ) -Blue Sky Mine' B side & -Forgotten Years' B side.

Kiss That Girl (2001) European edition of Capricornia album.

Wharf Rat (1991/1998) -Deadicated' Grateful Dead tribute album & -Sometimes' Live B Side.

I See You (1996) -Surf's Up Tonight' B Side & -Underwater' B Side.

Smash The Wobble Board (1996) [Jim Moginie vocal] -Surf's Up Tonight B side' & -Underwater' B Side.

The Great Gibber Plain [Ambient Version] (1998) -Redneck Wonderland' B Side.

Land (1994) Crash Vegas, Daniel Lanois, Hothouse Flowers, Midnight Oil, The Tragically Hip – benefit CD for Clayoquot Sound.

Frontier... What Frontier? (1997) -White Skin Black Heart' B Side & -Redneck Wonderland' B side

Devilfish Shuffle (1998) -Cemetery In My Mind' B side.

17.  Kingdom Of Flaunt (1996) -Underwater' B Side.

 

Live At The Wireless - 1978 – Studio 221 CD (2JJ, Sydney)

Ensemble

Dust

Surfing With A Spoon

Nothing Lost - Nothing Gained

Powderworks

Run By Night

Used And Abused

Take Me Down Easy

 

Punter Barrier BPM (Live) CD

Parramatta Park 1981 (2JJ)

Stand In Line

 

Tanelorn -1981  (Live at Tanelorn Music Festival)

Brave Faces  

Lucky Country

No Reaction

Back On The Borderline

Koala Sprint

Section 5 [Bus to Bondi]

Don't Wanna Be The One

Powderworks

Narrabeen Sands Hotel – 1996

Eye Contact  

Pictures

 

Penrith Leagues – 1998  

E Beat

Comfortable Place On The Couch

What Goes On

Concrete

Redneck Wonderland

 

Alberts Studios – 1992

Burnie

 

MTV Unplugged (Live) DVD (New York, 1993)

 

Feeding Frenzy

Sell My Soul

Short Memory

Tell Me The Truth

Blue Sky Mine

Lucky Country

Now Or Never Land

Antarctica

The Dead Heart

In The Valley

Beds Are Burning

Earth And Sun And Moon

Truganini

Drums Of Heaven

My Country

Warakurna

We Gotta Get Out Of This Place

 

Black Rain Falls (Documentary) DVD

Midnight Oil's protest gig performed in 1990 on a flat bed truck outside the Exxon Building New York City brought world attention to the catastrophic environmental damage caused by the Exxon Valdez oil spill.

 

Intro

Dreamworld (Interview - Peter Garrett, Rob Hirst)

Blue Sky Mine (Press Conference – Peter Garrett, Rob Hirst)

Instant Karma (Interview, press conference - Peter Garrett, Rob Hirst)

River Runs Red (Interview - Peter Garrett, Rob Hirst)

Progress (Interview - Peter Garrett, Rob Hirst)

Sometimes (Press Conference - Peter Garrett, Rob Hirst)

King Of The Mountain (Press Conference)

 

Saturday Night At The Capitol (Live) DVD (2JJ Sydney, 1982)

 

Only The Strong

Brave Faces

Short Memory

Knife's Edge

Power And The Passion

Armistice Day

No Time For Games

Quinella Holiday

Lucky Country

Don't Wanna Be The One

Burnie

Powderworks

 

Oils On The Water (Live) DVD (Goat Island, 1985)

 

Intro

Best Of Both Worlds

When The Generals Talk

Minutes To Midnight

Sleep

Only The Strong

Short Memory

Kosciusko

US Forces

Jimmy Sharman's Boxers

Back On The Borderline

Tin-Legs & Tin Mines

Don't Wanna Be The One

Power And The Passion

Read About It

Harrisburg

Stand In Line

 

Only The Strong: The Making Of 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 (Documentary) DVD

Only The Strong tells the story behind Midnight Oil's classic breakthrough album '10,9,8,7,6,5,4,3,2,1". This new documentary, directed by Robert Hambling, features the wizard-like figure of producer Nick Launay alongside band members Jim Moginie, Rob Hirst and Peter Garrett. The film lifts the lid on how Midnight Oil reinvented themselves with this trailblazing masterpiece.

 

Blackfella/Whitefella (Documentary) DVD

In 1986, Midnight Oil was invited to tour central Australian Aboriginal settlements with the legendary Aboriginal group Warumpi Band. They staged concerts, talked with tribal elders and saw European occupation through the eyes of its original inhabitants. This became known as the Blackfella/Whitefella tour. This tour became the creative catalyst for the writing and recording of Midnight Oil's 'Diesel And Dust" album. Blackfella/Whitefella is the documentation of those experiences featuring the music of Midnight Oil and Warumpi Band along with the videos for 'The Dead Heart" and 'Beds Are Burning" from 'Diesel And Dust".

 

Ellis Park - The Concert (Live) DVD

Having steadfastly refused to play in South Africa whilst in the grip of apartheid, this concert is a celebration of the inauguration of Nelson Mandela in front of a packed Ellis Park Stadium, Johannesburg in 1994.

 

Intro

The Dead Heart

Best Of Both Worlds

Truganini

Bullroarer

Put Down That Weapon

My Country

King Of The Mountain

Warakurna

Sell My Soul

Forgotten Years

Dreamworld

Beds Are Burning

Sometimes

 

Moments In Space Live (DVD)

Tanelorn – 1981 (Live at Tanelorn Music Festival)

Cold Cold Change

Run By Night

Lucky Country

Stand In Line

 

Wanda Beach – 1982 (2JJJ Youth Benefit)

Armistice Day

No Time For Games

Cold Cold Change

Don't Wanna Be The One

Stand In Line

 

Stop The Drop – 1983 (A Concert for Nuclear Disarmament, Sidney Myer Music Bowl, Melbourne)

Brave Faces

Short Memory

US Forces

 

Storey Hall, RMIT - 1987 (RMIT 100th Anniversary Concert, Melbourne)

Who Can Stand In The Way

Best Of Both Worlds

The Dead Heart

Kosciusko

Pictures

Power And The Passion

 

Our Common Future – 1989 (Live at ABC Studios Sydney)

Put Down That Weapon

Sometimes

Hercules

Beds Are Burning

 

Live at the Palace – 1996 (Live at The Palace Theatre, St Kilda, Melbourne)

Surf's Up Tonight

Sins Of Omission

Star Of Hope

 

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